Stupid incompetent idiot took over the Transport Ministry from Najib's cousin after the MH370 fiasco just 2 weeks before another MIHOP tragedy MH17. He said MAS had been flying over Ukraine for >10 years with no problem. Didn't he know that the Ukraine crisis started just this year? Many had made the connection of MIA MH370 to the Ukraine crisis. 10 years ago might be fine but didn't the recent downing of airplanes over the crisis zone change the safety perspective? Yet he could still say there had been no safety warning.

Still sucking up to Najib over your new post to notice the danger? Sure smells of a false flag ops to draw EU and Russia into an escalated conflict. THINK!

MSM Presstitutes report:PUTRAJAYA: The mission to recover the missing flight MH370 took prominence in the handover of duties at the Transport Ministry between Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein and Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.

Liow, who has assumed the position of minister, will waste no time and his first agenda of business would involve communication with his Chinese counterpart as early as Monday night to hold talks on the matter.

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/07/18/Route-safe-says-Liow/SEPANG: The route flown by the downed Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17 was one approved by the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO) and had been used by Malaysia Airlines for years, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.Liow, who spoke at a press conference at the Sama-Sama Hotel here on Friday denied that MAS had used the route to save on fuel costs.

"The route was an approved path that had been used for ten years by MAS and other aircraft, and 15 out of 16 Asia-Pacific countries use that route which has been determined by the ICAO. There was nothing informing us that the route should not be used. For many years, we have taken the same route and many other countries have also used the same route. In fact during that time, many other aircraft were using the same route," said Liow.

Asked if a terrible mistake has been made by allowing MH17 to pass over the Ukraine, Liow reiterated this route was an ICAO approved route and had received no notice not to use the route by the ICAO.

He repeated this when asked if he would take any responsibility for putting the lives of passengers at risk and for the deaths that occurred.

FLIGHT PATHThe flight path taken by MH17 was approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and by the countries whose airspace the route passed through. And the International Air Transportation Association has also stated that the airspace the aircraft was traversing was unrestricted.15 out of 16 airlines in the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines fly this route over Ukraine. European airlines also use the same route, and traverse the same airspace. In the hours before the incident, a number of other passenger aircraft from different carriers used the same route.There were no last minute instructions given to the pilots of MH17 to change the route of the flight.